Corset



May 5, 1931. M. H. WITTENBERG CORSET Filed Sept. 11. 1930 Patented May 5, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MARGARET H. WITTENIBERG,Y 0F WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE ROYAL WORCESTER CORSET COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF :MASSACHUSETTS CORSET Application led September 11, 1930. Serial No. 481,299.

This invention relates to corsets and has for its object to provide the front portion of a corset having a brassire part at its top with an inner ply which will serve somewhat as a belt or pad over the abdomen of the wearer, said inner ply being secured to the outer ply only at the edges of its main part and said inner ply having a tapering upper extension which is secured to the top of the brassire part of the corset.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is an inside view of the front part of the corset constructed in accordance with the present invention, and Fig. 2 is an outside view of the same. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 8, Fig. 1. v

Referring to the drawings 12 denotes the outer ply or thickness of the front part of the corset. To the top of said ply is stitched a brassire part 13 of soft material and of a suitable fullness to fit over the breasts of the wearer. y

Stitched at its edges to the outer ply or thickness of the corset is an inner ply or thickness which is cutaway at its top over the breast portions of the brassire leaving a somewhat narrow and preferably upwardly tapering tongue or extension 15 which is secured by stitching to the central upper part of the brassire portion of the corset. This inner ply or thickness 14: is preferably provided with stitched-in stit't'eners 16 and is preferably of somewhat relatively heavy material, so that'when the corset is in use it will serve as a belt or pad over the abdomen of the wearer. The said outer and inner plies or thicknesses of material, 12 and 14, constitute the body part of the front of the corset, and which body part is surmounted by the brassire part 13. It will be noted that said inner and outer plies are both of such a length as to extend largely below the waist line of a wearer, and that the inner ply 16 extends well down bodily towards the bottom of the outer ply.

VIt will be noted that as the inner'ply or thickness of material is cut away -at the side portions of its top the breast sections of the soft brassire part of the corset are left entirely free to adjust themselves to the ligure of the wearer.

Having thus described my invention I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A brassire corset the front of which consists of'a brassire part and a body part, said body part comprising two plies or thicknesses of material of a length to extend largely below the waist line and being secured together at their side edges, the inner ply or .thickness of material forming an inner belt or pad which extends well down bodily towards the bottom of the outer ply and which inner ply is free at its lower edge and has at its top an upwardly tapering extension reaching up tothe middle top of the brassire part, at which point said extension is attached to said brassire part, said inner belt or pad being loose at its bottom and between its side edges, leaving the two breast sections of the brassire entirely free.

2. A corset front consisting of a body part and a brassire part, said body part comprising two plies or lthicknesses of material extending largely below the waist line and being secured together at their side edges, the inner ply or thickness extending down bodily towards the bottom of the outer ply and being cut away at the sides of its top opposite the breast portions of the brassire part, leaving a central, upwardly tapering n arrow tongue or p-art extending with curved side edges to the t-op of said brassire part at which lpoint it is attached to the central top part of the brassire part, said inner belt or pad being loose at its bottom and beso n.

tween its side edges, leaving the two breast portions of the corset free to adjust themselves to the Yfigure ofthe wearer.

In testimony whereof vI aiiix my signature.

MARGARET H. WITTENBERG. 

